Penn State won't renew contract of AD Tim Curley

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State will not renew the contract of athletic director Tim Curley, who has been on leave since being charged last year with perjury and failing to report a child sex abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky.

A 1976 Penn State graduate, Curley began his stint as athletic director in December 1993. He was a walk-on football player and then recruiting coordinator under the late head coach Joe Paterno before becoming an assistant athletic director in 1981.

David Joyner stepped down from his post as a Penn State trustee and became the acting athletic director after Curley was placed on leave last year. University President Rodney Erickson said in September that Joyner would stay on as acting athletic director as long as he remains in office.

Erickson has said that he plans to step down when his contract expires in June 2014 and that it was appropriate for his successor to determine whether to go in another direction with athletics.